Heat wave kills more than 2500 people in India; Drought in most parts of India for the second year. Floods in Jammu and Kashmir; Cyclones in Odisha; Delhi has the most poisonous air to breath. In the recent times we read these news items. “Is climate change a hype or reality?”

Tara Parthasarathy, Jt. MD, Ultramarine & Pigments Ltd, said: “due to climate change, industry and business reliant on coal, oil and gas may expect greater regulation of use and less regulation on price. Interest rates will increase due to credit downgrading and cost of capital for carbon-intensive projects will increase.”

The solution to these lies in implementing less resource-intensive products and services and investing in efficiency and new technology. Identification of climate risk in any long term projects and mitigating cost including the environmental cost, will become necessary in times to come.

IE, the business magazine from south was launched in 1968 and pioneered business journalism in south. Through the 45 years IE has been focusing on well-presented and well-researched articles. When giants in the industry stumbled to keep pace with the digital revolution, IE stayed affixed embracing technology.